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J. WISE.

DRAWER PULL. No. 311,158. I Patented Jam-20; 1885.

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' UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH WISE, OF WATERTOWN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO J. WISE & SON, OF SAME PLACE.

DRAWER-PU LL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 311,158, dated January 20, 1885.

Application filed July ll, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH WISE, of Watertown, in the county of Jefferson and State of New York, have invented a new and use ful Improvement in Drawer-Pulls, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification.

The present invention has reference to handles or pulls designed for attachment to the drawers of bureaus, sewing machines, and Such pulls are commonly secured to the drawer by a screw, or by a bolt and nut. The latter means have usually been adopted heretofore, for the reason that the nut can always be tightened when the bolt works loose, which cannot be done with a screw. On the other hand, for cheapness and facility of application, the screw-fastening is preferable, its general use being prevented mainly by the reason of the objection above stated.

The object of the present invention is to remove this objection and enable the drawerpull to be securely and permanently fastened to the drawer by means of an ordinary woodscrew. I have found that this may be effected by making the base or escutcheonand head of the pull of a single piece of metal struck up by dies, the screw passing centrally through the same. When the screw is driven in, the base becomes compressed between the head of the screw and the drawer, having a large bearing against the latter. It acts, therefore, as a spring-washer, and tends to prevent turning of the screw. In actual practice it is found impossible to move the pull thus constructed and attached, except by the application of considerably more force than would ever be applied to the device in handling. I prefer to use as a handle a divided ring sprung into holes in opposite sides of the head, and prevented from turning there in by the screw. I

In the accompanying drawings,which form a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a drawer-pull constructed in accordance with the invention; Fig. 2, a vertical cross-section of the same; and Fig. 3 a transverse section through the head and rlng.

In carrying out my invention I take a thin sheet of brass or soft steel, and by means of suitable dies produce the ornamental rose, escutcheon, or base A of the drawer-pull,

having the central raised head or ferrule, B, in one piece therewith. The ferrule is perforated centrally for the passage of the fastening-screw G. On opposite sides of the part B are two holes, into which are sprung the ends of the divided ring D, which ends, when in place, abut against the screw 0, whereby the ring is prevented from turning. The part A B, being in one piece of thin metal, is more or less elastic or springy, and when screw 0 is driven in it becomes compressed between it and the drawer, having an extended bearing against the latter. It acts, therefore, by friction to prevent the screw turning or slipping when once driven in place.

To realize the best results the edge of the base A should be turned up, as shown, so as to present a flat face, instead of 'a'sharp edge, to the drawer. This is desirable, both to prevent the piece cutting into the drawer and to enable the part to spread under pressure, increasing its resiliency.

I am aware that a drawer-pull having the head and base in one piece is not broadly new; but it has never before been proposed to combine the same with a screw as and for the purposes herein set forth.

I am also aware that a drawer-pull has been devised having a divided ring sprung into holes in the head and kept from turning by the fastening-bolt. I do not therefore claim this feature as my invention. In the pull last referred to the base and head are made separate and held together by the bolt. In such device the two smooth metal faces in contact would easily slip one upon the other were not special means employed to prevent it.

What I claim is In a drawer-pull, the combination of the hollow base orescutcheon and head made in one piece, a fasteningscrew passing centrally through the same and taking into the wood of the drawer, whereby the elasticity of the continuous base and head bearing against the drawer and the head of the screw prevents the latter from turning, and a ring or handle sprung into holes in said head, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

Witnesses: JOSEPH WVISE.

E. J. PARMELEE, J AMES 0. BURT. 

